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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

🌍 Exciting fully-funded PhD at Cardiff University (with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust) combining behavioural & conservation sciences! Behavioural science & community-led conservation at Lake Alaotra, Madagascar 🐒🌿 💰 Fees + stipend 🌏 UK & international applicants 📅 Deadline: 30/04/26 (1/2)

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

🌱 Make it Green: Insights on Climate Action and Public Perception 🌱 📅 23 Feb 2026 🕘 9-16 CET 💻 Online workshop (shorturl.at/E3Y5G) How can social science support climate action and green policies across Europe? @ess-survey.bsky.social @cessda.bsky.social 👉 Register here: shorturl.at/NCplA

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Bottom line: modest reallocation of road space to well-designed, segregated cycle lanes is widely accepted – but removing parking risks backlash. Open access article: doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📢 New paper out: “Preferences for urban street space reallocation to encourage cycling” with Isabella Malet Lambert, Dimitris Potoglou, Dimitrios Xenias and me. (1/4) Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

As part of our Infra4NextGen project, @ess-survey.bsky.social has just released a new data summary that brings together insights from the European Social Survey, European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Programme... infra4nextgen.com/wp-content/u... (1/)

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

This matters. When support is underestimated, both citizens and politicians may hesitate to act or speak up. But here’s the twist: While people underestimate support for popular pull measures, they are more accurate about how unpopular push policies (like taxes or restrictions) are (4/)

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

After 3 desk rejects and 2 major rewrites (with a 17-page rebuttal (!), and cutting word count by 25%), I am pleased that my paper on policy appraisals and second-order beliefs in climate policy has found a home in @climate-policy.bsky.social: (1/) @cast-centre.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1469...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

The study further highlights the role of efficacy beliefs: hose who experience high levels of climate anxiety and feel powerless show a weaker link between climate anxiety and pro-environmental action (4/4) Read about it here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Some say that Bluesky is the place to be, but have they ever been to ##Pontypridd? It has some exciting new venues for live music at #YMA #YMuni. Great performances by #TaffRapids (Welsh Blwgrass) and #Sheelanagig @karinwahlj.bsky.social

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

1970s Amsterdam was nothing like #Amsterdam as we know it now

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 25/09/2024

I am very excited to announce that the #CASTcentre is on Bluesky!!! Please give the Centre a follow! @cast-centre.bsky.social #CAST #ClimateChange #SocialTransformations

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

Do you live in #Cardiff and have 10-15 minutes to spare? You would help us greatly by filling out the Cardiff Travel Survey - and you can win a £100 voucher! English: tinyurl.com/CardiffTrave... Cymraeg: tinyurl.com/ArolwgTeithi... #CardiffTravelSurvey #ArolwgTeithioCaerdydd

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

Sut ydych chi'n teithio o gympas y #Caerdydd? Mae ymchwilwyr ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd yn awyddus i glywed gan drigolion Caerdydd yn rhan o brosiect sy'n archwilio gwelliannae i #drafnidiaeth a #theithio yn y ddinas. #ArolwgTeithioCaerdydd Yr arolwg: tinyurl.com/ArolwgTeithi...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

New publication by Emelie Chard on Gender and cross-country differences in the determinants of sustainable diet intentions #UK #China #Sweden #Brazil. The analyses were conducted as part of her MSc thesis at the UNiversity of Gothenburg using CAST survey data doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

New publications in the Winter edition of the Institute of Water Journal, in which Jo Swaffield talks about Behavioural Interventions and the role that habit disruption can play in reducing water consumption library.myebook.com/InstituteofW...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

The CAST (cast.ac.uk) centre is looking to crowd-source responses to common #ClimateDelay discourse. Do you have any good ways to respond to tricky #ClimateChange comments? We’d love to hear from you! Link 🔗 below 👇 cardiffunipsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

New publication from Ipsos and CAST. In this paper we examine factors and framing effects in support for #NetZero policies, using Ipsos UK's Knowledge Panel, a large online random probability sample (n=5,665). (1/) t.co/pcHs4BVWyK

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

#ClimateCommunity, Can anyone help Steve 👇He wants to take the messages from his PhD to the Davos World Economic Forum @wef... Help/suggestions/ideas all welcome! @steviedubyu See his Twitter/X thread here: twitter.com/steviedubyu/...

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 11/11/2023

Our report on the #CircularEconomy in the #Community is out now. This pilot project is a collaboration with Keep Wales Tidy, and explored sustainable models for #Repair and #Reuse hubs in Wales. You can find the report here 👉 shorturl.at/gjIUX

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Wouter Poortinga @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

have #BowelCancer in the family. My mum died from it, and my dad survived. I promised myself that I would get tested, but have never done so. Thank you 🙏 Public Health Wales for sending me this free bowel screening test kit. It's in the post now... Get tested people

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